Apparatus for applying composition to splints.



No. 852,379. PATENTED APR. 80, 1907.

. F. O. DININNY. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COMPOSITION TO SPLINTS.

APPLiCATION FILED AUG. 16,1906.

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No.852,379. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

. F. O. DININNY. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COMPOSITION TO .SPLINTS.

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FERRAL O. DININNY, OF NFRV YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COMPOSITION TO SPLINTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed August 16, 1906. Serial No. 330,783.

To a, whom, ('15 vim/y concern.-

Be it known that I, FERRAL C. DININNY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, county and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Composition to Splints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for applying composition to splints, and. particular y to apparatus adapted to supply a secondary head to splints upon which a primary head has already been supplied, to form what is known as double headed matches. Double headed matches of this character, to be of the most improved form,

require that but an extremely small amount of the secondary composition shall be applied to the tip of the primary head alreadyformed. A quantity just sufficient to insure ready ignition, and no .more, should be applied care- 2 5 fully to each splint, great care being exercised, first, that no splint is missed, second, that no splint gets more than the desired quantity, third, that the material be placed just in the right spot. I accomplish these ends in a simple and efficient manner by providing individual splint applying means comprising a separate finger or like device for each splint to be acted upon in the operation of the machine, that is to say, instead of applying composition to a plurality of splints at a time with a single composition applying device, I employ individual composition applying devices for the individual splints.

My invention also consists in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts such as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I will now proceed to de- 4 5 scribe an embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating same, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a view in end elevation of a composition applying apparatus, with certain parts broken away and other parts shown in section. Fig. 2 is a view in central longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse secl tional view, showing the individual composition applying fingers as in a position to apply composition to splints held thereabove. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a part of the means for transmitting step by step feeding movements to the splint carrier. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the means for locking the carrier in position intermediate its step by step feeding movements.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 10 designates the framework which forms a support for the entire device. Upon one side of this framework, near the base thereof, is a drive shaft 11. mounted to rotate in suitable bearings and driven from any source of power, not shown. A jacketed tank 12 is supported by the frameimrk near its upper end, the said tank being arranged to slide longitudinally in grooved ways 1.3, whereby it may be readily removed and replaced when dosired. The inner portion of the tank contains the composition to be applied, while the jacketcd portion thereof may contain water or other medium for conveying heat. A heating means in the form of a gas burner 14 is shown as arranged beneath the tank to heat the water to the desired degree and maintain it so heated. Secured. to the framework at a point above the tank 12 are two vertical standards 15, which vertical standards form guideways for slides 16 mounted therein and arranged to reciprocate vertically with respect thereto. These slides 16 support a member 17 beneath them, the said member being arranged to be received within the tank 12 and within the composition contained therein. This member 17 is secured to the slides 16 by means of hangers 18, said hangers bolted to the slides 16 by means of bolts lJ, and having abutmcnts 20 which engage shoulders 21 upon the member 17. To remove the member 17 it is only necessary to slack the screw 19 of one of the hangers 18, when the entire member 17 may readily be lifted from position. The slides 16 are held in position vertically and are moved up and down by means of arms 22 rigidly mounted upon a shaft 23 engaging trunnion pins 24 laterally proecting from the said slides. The shaft 23 also carries at one end thereof an operating arm 25 connected by means of a link 26 with the arm 27 of a bell crank lever, the other arm 28 of which carries a cam follower 29 which is engaged by an operating cam 30 upon the drive shaft 11. The cam 30 operates, upon revolution of the drive shaft 11, to impart rocking movement to the shaft 23, and hence reciprocating movement to the slide 16 and member 17 Splints are arranged to be carried over the tank 12 by means of a chain. or other carrier 31. This carrier is supported upon runways 32, and is driven and held by means of sprocket wheels 33 mounted upon shafts 34. There may be any desired number of these sprocket wheels, in accordance with the length of the carrier chain. I have shown herein two sets thereof, and each set is provided with aworm wheel 35 secured to the shaft 34.,which worm wheel engages a worm 36 (one for each worm wheel) upon a shaft 37. The shaft 37 has intermittent movements of rotation iniparted thereto by means of a cam 38 upon the shaft 11, said cam operating through a bell crank lever 39, a link 40, a gear sector 41, a pinion 42 loosely mounted upon the shaft 37, pawls 43 carried by a disk 44 secured to the said pinion 42, and a ratchet wheel 45 se cured to the said shaft 37. Movements of rotation of the shaft 11 will transmit reciprocating movements through the bell crank lever 39 to the gear sector 41. This in turn will transmit movements in opposite direction to the pinion 44, which, through the ratchet and pawl mechanism, will transmit intermittent step by step movements to the shaft 37. The shaft 37 being connected through the worm gearing to the carrier shafts 34, such intermittent step by step movements will be transmitted to said shafts 34, and an intermittent step by step driving movement will be imparted to the carrier. The shaft 37 is provided also with a locking wheel 46 having notches in the periphery thereof with which the tooth of a latch 47 is adapted to engage. This latch is lifted out of engagement with the wheel 46 by means of a cam 48 just prior to the feeding movement, and is so timed with respect to the feeding movement, that, when the feeding movement has been completed, the latch 47 will drop into a notch in the wheel 46, so that the shaft 37, and hence the carrier through-the worm gear connection therewith, will be posi tively held against movement intermediate the times it is actuated in a feeding operation.

The carrier is provided with a large number of individual splint holding devices, as will be seen by reference to the drawings, the splints held thereby being moved over the tank 12 and the member 17. The member 17 is provided at its upper face with a plurality of individual composition applying fingers 49, one for each splint to be acted upon in an operation of the machine. The present machine is designed to act upon four rows of splints at a time, so the member 17 is arranged to carry four rows of fingers 49, as many fingers being arranged in a row as there are splints in a row to act upon. These fingers are preferably upwardly convergent, as will be seen more particularly by reference to Fig. 3, and the upper edge thereof may be more or less concave, in accordance with the consistency of the material to be applied and the quantity of the material that it is desired to apply. Preferably I form a slight con cavity in the upper end of the fingers, so that a slight recess is formed which will hold a small quantity of composition material. The extent of reciprocation imparted to the member 17 is such as to completely immerse the fingers 49 in the composition in the tank 12 at each reciprocation of the slides 16. In Fig. 2 the member 17 is shown in its lowermost position with the fingers 49 all so im mersed. Upon a return stroke the fingers will pick up, each of them, an extremely small quantity of composition, and the said member will be moved far enough for the said composition to be applied to the splints held in line therewith above them, as is shown in Fig. 3. At this moment the carrier 31 will be held stationary, the said carrier being timed to be operated when the fingers 49 are out of the plane of movement of any part of the splints held thereover. dividual fingers 49 may be easily arranged to apply just the right quantity of material to the splints thereover. The tapered form of the fingers below the upper ends will tend to shed any superfluous material which might otherwise be brought up with them, and openings 50 are arranged between the rows of fingers to permit this material to pass down into the tank, thereby preventing lodgment from taking place upon the upper face of the member 17.

What I claim is:

1. In match making machinery, the com bination with splint supporting and carrying means, of composition applying means comprising individual fingers, one for each splint to be supplied at a time, and means for reciprocating the fingers from a point to re? ceive composition to a point to apply same to the splints.

2. In match making machinery, the combination with splint supporting and carrying means, of composition applying apparatus comprising a reciprocating member having a plurality of fingers, one for each splint to be acted upon during an operation of the machine, and means for reciprocating the mem ber from a point immersing the fingers in composition to a point to apply composition to the splints.

3. In match making machinery, the com bination with splint supporting and carrying means, of a tank for containing composition, a member adapted to be reciprocated backward and forward from a point Within the tank, a plurality of fingers carried by the said member, one for each splint to be acted upon The in- .means, of composition ap )lying means comat a time, said fingers having each a concavity at the upper end thereof and means for reciprocating the member.

4. In match making machinery, the combinationwith splint supporting and carrying means, of composition applying means comprising a reciprocating member and upwardly convergent individual fingers, one for each splint to be operated upon at a time, means for reciprocating the fingers from a point to receive composition to a point to apply same to the splints, and means for applying a step by step movement to the splint supporting and carrying means.

5. In match making macl'linery, the combination with splint supporting and carrying prising a reciprocating member and a lurality of individual fingers, one for each sp int to be operated upon at a time, uprising from the said member, said member having openings between adjacent lingers, and means for I reciprocating the said member and fingers carried thereby from a point to receive comp0si tion to a point to apply same to the splints.

6. In match making machinery, the combination with splint supporting and carrying means, of composition applying means com prising individual fingers, one for each splint to be supplied at a time, means for reciprocating the fingers from a point to receive composition to a point to apply same to the splints, means for imparting a step by step movement to the splint su )porting and carrying means, and positive locking means for holding the splint supporting and carrying means stationary While the composition is being applied.

FERRAL C. DIN IN N 1'. WVitnesses:

F. M. SEYMOUR, C. A. Dononna'rr. 

